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View Kevin Waugh Profile
CPC (SK)
The offshore sites now, as you know, are offering racing in Canada, and we're getting nothing from that. Could you comment on that on behalf of the CPMA?
Lisa Foss
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Lisa Foss
2021-02-25 11:20
I guess I have a couple of things here.
I want to make it clear that I'm a public servant and that I'm a regulator. What would be interesting would be to hear directly from the horse racing industry and seek its views in terms of the dynamics.
One of the elements here to be mindful of is that the business model for the horse racing sector is founded on gambling dollars. Unlike other sports, the whole business model is in tune with the gambling dollars that are coming in. In terms of the CPMA, our revenue base is based on total dollars bet in Canada on horse racing. That's dollars that Canadians are betting on Canadian races and also dollars that Canadians are betting on foreign races. Our 0.8% levy is based on that dollar. However, the CPMA does not get any money when you have an American gambling in New York on a Canadian product.
Lisa Foss
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Lisa Foss
2021-02-25 11:21
Ontario.
Mr. Kevin Waugh: Yes, Ontario; you're right.
Ms. Lisa Foss: Ontario represents about 70% of the total dollars bet in Canada.
View Kevin Waugh Profile
CPC (SK)
How much funding are the Province of Saskatchewan and SIGA losing, do you think, with single-game betting now on offshore sites, unregulated sites? Give me an rough estimate. I have no idea, but you're in the business, so what does it mean?
Zane Hansen
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Zane Hansen
2021-02-25 11:23
What we've seen in other jurisdictions.... There are studies out now. At the high end, say, in the U.K. with regard to single-event wagering, a common way to gauge broad macro-type revenues is spend per adult annually. In the U.K., they are hitting in the neighbourhood of $75 per adult every year. More recently, in New Jersey, with legalization there, they're in the neighbourhood of $50 per adult. I will say that, because sports exist primarily through the online mobile channels, the impact of COVID has really grown that. You really take your adults—in Saskatchewan, we have about 890,000—and look at $50 to $75 as a potential global amount, and not all of that is new. However, $20 to $30 per adult is what we're exactly losing out on right now.
View Kevin Waugh Profile
CPC (SK)
That is substantial on reserves and in your communities, plus the provincial government gives a lot of money back in culture, sports and recreation, which we're losing out on today because of this unregulated market.
View Brian Masse Profile
NDP (ON)
View Brian Masse Profile
2021-02-25 12:00
Thank you.
Moving very quickly to Mr. Hansen—I only have about 45 seconds—do you think your customers who you're coming into a relationship with are also using these online services that are in the grey market or black market area right now? I know that they are in my area.
Are they doing that with your customer base as well right now?
Zane Hansen
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Zane Hansen
2021-02-25 12:00
The potential is definitely there. What we understand from other jurisdictions is that the sports betting customer will primarily be a new customer, beyond the reach of what casino customers are now.
Generally, if people have a legal option versus an illegal option, they will gravitate towards the legal. We see the advent of, say, provincial online organizations such as B.C., with their offering, and they now have majority market share. Your customers do gravitate toward legal offerings.
By legislating something, then you can regulate it. The industry can put their regulations around it, and it will vastly improve the integrity of the product being offered.
View Brian Masse Profile
NDP (ON)
View Brian Masse Profile
2021-02-23 12:55
Thank you, Madam Chair.
I remember the Nordiques and the last time we went through this bill...was the promise of the Nordiques being returned to Quebec as reason not to do the bill by some.
Voices: Oh, oh!
Mr. Brian Masse: So it didn't work out that way, either.
Mr. Waugh, you mentioned consumer protection. That doesn't get a lot of attention. If you go on your phone, you can get all kinds of apps for sports betting. You can bet overseas and so forth, but we don't know the margins and also the consumer issues with some of these nefarious sites.
Can you maybe note how consumer protections might be better regulated through this? Some are better than others with regard to these offshore sites. Maybe you can highlight that a bit, please.
View Kevin Waugh Profile
CPC (SK)
You're right. Bodog and Bet365 have different odds to lure the bettors onto their sites. I did notice today in the Toronto Star that they had the six NHL games and the lines. They had the nine NBA games and the lines. But they will change. I mean, that happens. Most papers in this country now provide betting lines each day. It's not prevented.
Years ago, it was Pro-Line that would buy an ad in the paper and give you the list of games. That's not happening now. The consumer realizes that single-game betting is where it's at. That's what their appetite is. The provinces need to have this to compete against the illegal sites and criminal organizations. This will be regulated in part through Las Vegas because of the gaming and the set of the lines. For example, if somebody is out of the lineup, that will certainly change the odds of that game when you do come to bet on it.
Monique St. Germain
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Monique St. Germain
2020-03-12 12:13
Thank you and good morning.
Ms. Chairperson and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for giving us the opportunity to provide a presentation on Bill C-5. My name is Monique St. Germain. I am the general counsel of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, which is a registered charity dedicated to the personal safety of all children that has been operating for over 30 years.
For the past 17 years, we have been operating Cybertip.ca, which is Canada’s tip line to report the online sexual exploitation of children. Cybertip is a central part of the Government of Canada’s national strategy for the protection of children from sexual exploitation on the Internet. We also created and operate Project Arachnid, a global platform to reduce online child sexual exploitation.
Every day our agency bears witness to the brutal ways in which children are victimized online. The vast majority of the reports we receive through Cybertip relate to images and videos, material that depicts very young, prepubescent children, many of whom are pre-verbal and cannot tell anyone about the abuse they are enduring. Most of these children have never been identified by law enforcement.
We also work directly with survivors of childhood sexual violence, including those whose childhood sexual abuse was recorded. We know all too well the devastating and long-lasting impact that these crimes have on victims and their families. I am here this morning to express our agency’s strong support for Bill C-5 and to put forward our recommendations to specifically account for children in this bill.
First, the term “sexual assault law” is not defined in the bill. It should be crystal clear within the Judges Act that the term is meant to include all offences listed in clause 4 of the bill.
Second, the Criminal Code offences for which a record must be created does not include the offences related to commercial sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking. This oversight must be rectified. Consideration should also be given to including offences that involve the use of technology such as the offence of making child pornography.
Third, the mandated inclusion in training that is set out in proposed paragraph 60(3)(b) of the Judges Act is incomplete when it comes to children. Topics that need to be included in training to be responsive to the needs of children include grooming, which is a process by which an offender lowers inhibitions and gains access and time alone with children. We actively monitor reported case law related to sexual offences against children, and it is clear that the Canadian courts need to deepen their understanding of this very common offender tactic.
Another topic is the age of protection or the age of consent. These Criminal Code provisions are complicated. They are specific to minors, and they reference concepts such as trust, authority, dependency and exploitation, all of which are critical legal concepts when it comes to a child’s capacity to consent.
A third topic is the dynamics of child sexual abuse. There are significant differences to consider between adult and child sexual assaults. The perpetrators are different. The extent of vulnerability is different. The tactics used are different. The rates of disclosure are different. Even the ability of the victim to recognize if something was or wasn't a sexual violation is different. All of these issues must be accounted for in any training if that training is to be responsive to children.
The online terrorization and manipulation of children that occurs via technology is unprecedented in today’s society. There are multiple complex Criminal Code [Technical difficulty--Editor]. We live in a world where children can be virtually assaulted and where live-streamed child sexual abuse is ever increasing. The impact on children of technology-related offences can be as serious as offences involving physical contact. It's essential that technology-facilitated offending be included in this training.
Finally, the history and purpose of various Criminal Code provisions that are meant to address the needs of children in the court process, such as testimonial aids, publication bans and section 161 of the Criminal Code, must be covered. These are incredibly important for children.
In closing, we see the concrete evidence of sexual assaults against children every single day. Children are far too often the victims of sexual assault. It is imperative that judicial education account for their unique vulnerabilities, their status as independent rights holders, and all of the Criminal Code provisions that exist to protect their interests. Children deserve to be understood by our courts, and to be fully accommodated throughout all court processes. Thank you.
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